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We are dismissing at 12noon on Thursday, October 18 due to Parent/Teacher Interviews in the afternoon. Buses will pick up students around 12:10pm. Friday, October 19 is an Inservice Day, so no school on Friday!

New Lunch Schedule

This year Barriere Elementary will
begin a new lunch time schedule that was developed as a staff to address
several factors including supervision, behaviour, and timetabling. The new schedule will have lunch begin at
12:20pm and end at 1:20pm. All students, will eat their lunch in the classroom
from 12:20-12:40pm and then go outside for lunch. As with any new schedule, there will need to
be adjustments and time to reflect on the effectiveness of the structure. We
appreciate your support and patience with this new schedule.

A supplies and school fees form will be sent home with students in the
second week of school.

If you are wishing to buy your own
supplies, you will need to check with your child's teacher once classes
are assigned.

The office does not have a general supply
list.

If you would like to purchase your own
supplies you will also require an agenda which can be purchased from the office
for $7 and as well there is a $15 fee to attend the Young People's Concert
performances throughout the year.

Whenever an absence is reported or updated, you will receive a confirmation notice by email and/or text message (assuming you have provided your contact information to the school).

If you don’t report your child’s absence in advance, the automated notification system will try to contact you (using the communication preferences if you have set them up in the SchoolMessenger app). This may include push notifications to the app, email, SMS text message, phone calls. You will be asked to provide the reason for your child’s absence immediately. You may do so using the phone line, website or mobile app.

If you try to explain an absence using SafeArrival, but are then told that it is past the cut-off time. Please contact the school directly.

SOGI 1 2 3 has launched new SOGI 1 2 3 Parent Videos that address questions about SOGI 1 2 3 and SOGI-inclusive education in schools. The videos are designed for parents and family members to view and learn about SOGI 1 2 3 in various grade-levels. The goal of the videos is to debunk some of the common misinformation in the media and to support parents in their understanding of SOGI-inclusive education. The SOGI 1 2 3 Parent Videos are available to view and download now on SOGIeducation.org/parents.